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Riggs
Stephenson		  
Nickname: Old Hoss
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 5, 1898 in Usa, AL, AKRON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1921 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 3 4 10 9 10 7 5 6 10 8 9
1922 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 10 5 3 4 10 9 10 7 5 6 10 8 9
1923 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 3 4 10 9 10 7 5 5 10 8 9
1924 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 4 4 10 9 10 7 5 6 10 9 9
1925 27 CLE AL $ 3,021,429   9 9 9 6 4 4 10 9 10 7 5 6 10 9 9
1926 28 CLE AL $ 3,178,571   8 8 9 6 4 4 10 9 9 7 5 6 10 9 9
1927 29 CLE AL $ 8,750,000   8 8 9 5 3 4 10 9 9 7 5 6 10 8 9
1928 30 CLE AL $ 8,750,000   9 9 9 5 3 4 10 8 9 7 5 6 10 8 9
1929 31 NYA AL $ 8,750,000   9 9 9 5 3 4 10 9 9 7 5 5 10 8 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 9 5 3 4 10 8 9 7 5 5 10 8 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,750,000   9 9 10 6 4 4 10 9 10 7 5 6 10 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1921 23 CLE AL 137 558 92 194 55 7 3 72 5 4 55 31 .348 .409 .487 .897 96.7 19.3
1922 24 CLE AL 143 515 71 160 42 7 0 62 8 5 59 34 .311 .381 .419 .800 80.9 16.5
1923 25 CLE AL 131 346 54 100 21 6 0 46 4 2 36 18 .289 .360 .384 .744 46.6 9.2
1924 26 CLE AL 149 513 59 168 28 5 6 75 10 8 51 16 .327 .395 .437 .832 77.8 16.7
1925 27 CLE AL 143 528 92 171 32 12 7 69 8 6 68 13 .324 .404 .470 .873 90.4 16.9
1926 28 CLE AL 101 313 42 89 18 1 3 54 5 0 29 15 .284 .349 .377 .726 39.1 6.0
1927 29 CLE AL 137 443 56 121 21 6 2 58 6 1 31 15 .273 .321 .361 .682 51.7 8.0
1928 30 CLE AL 122 325 44 80 17 1 2 48 2 2 35 10 .246 .318 .323 .641 34.3 3.8
1929 31 NYA AL 141 523 64 149 32 6 7 87 7 2 50 18 .285 .349 .409 .758 72.5 12.9
9 Years Sim 1204 4064 574 1232 266 51 30 571 55 30 414 170 .303 .370 .416 .786 589.9 109.3
162 Game Average 546 77 165 35 6 4 76 7 4 55 22 .303 .370 .416 .786 79.4  
Career Highs 149 558 92 194 55 12 7 87 10 8 68 34 .348 .409 .487 .897 96.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2928 403 872 184 34 17 401 39 16 258 151 .298 .356 .401 .757 403.1
vs LH   1136 171 360 82 17 13 170 16 14 156 19 .317 .404 .453 .858 196.4
Home 589 1923 274 584 135 29 14 292 23 11 181 81 .304 .364 .426 .790 284.1
Away 615 2141 300 648 131 22 16 279 32 19 233 89 .303 .375 .407 .781 315.3
RISP   1155 0 364 63 17 5 493 0 0 152 46 .315 .390 .412 .802 185.5
Pinch Hitting   199 28 61 10 3 3 45 1 0 17 9 .307 .367 .432 .799 29.9
Close/Late   516 45 150 31 6 6 67 0 0 69 31 .291 .378 .409 .787 79.0
Mar/Apr 140 497 61 134 32 4 1 62 5 4 46 13 .270 .336 .356 .692 57.6
May 234 795 122 248 44 15 4 105 16 6 75 50 .312 .373 .420 .794 119.5
June 218 729 105 241 49 10 6 104 8 5 78 29 .331 .397 .450 .847 121.8
July 209 678 96 197 56 4 5 99 9 4 82 30 .291 .367 .407 .774 99.7
August 197 666 97 207 38 8 7 96 5 5 60 29 .311 .370 .423 .793 98.4
Sep/Oct 206 699 93 205 47 10 7 105 12 6 73 19 .293 .364 .419 .783 102.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1921 23 CLE AL LF 100 97 860.0 165 4 5 2 .971 1.77   2.6
    RF 30 29 261.7 46 2 3 1 .941 1.65    
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1922 24 CLE AL LF 104 102 925.0 191 1 9 0 .955 1.87   1.6
    RF 20 18 160.3 33 0 2 0 .943 1.85    
    2B 8 2 27.0 11 18 2 4 .935 9.67   0.2
    3B 6 1 19.3 1 11 0 1 1.000 5.59   0.2
1923 25 CLE AL LF 64 45 435.3 81 1 2 0 .976 1.70   1.2
    RF 16 15 135.7 34 2 2 2 .947 2.39    
    2B 26 1 62.0 20 26 2 6 .958 6.68   0.2
    3B 9 1 31.3 0 10 0 1 1.000 2.87   0.1
1924 26 CLE AL LF 134 131 1140.0 235 6 8 3 .968 1.90   3.0
    3B 7 1 21.0 2 8 0 2 1.000 4.29   0.2
    2B 3 0 7.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 11.57   0.1
1925 27 CLE AL LF 113 113 983.3 228 4 5 3 .979 2.12   2.1
    2B 19 17 159.0 58 86 2 13 .986 8.15   0.7
    3B 4 3 29.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.24   0.0
    RF 7 1 22.0 2 0 1 0 .667 0.82    
1926 28 CLE AL RF 44 34 312.3 60 3 2 1 .969 1.82   0.9
    LF 27 24 215.0 46 1 2 1 .959 1.97    
    2B 12 11 95.0 40 49 1 14 .989 8.43   0.5
    3B 9 2 32.0 3 6 1 1 .900 2.53   0.0
1927 29 CLE AL 2B 62 51 463.3 147 217 9 53 .976 7.07   1.7
    RF 55 50 454.0 101 0 4 0 .962 2.00   0.8
    3B 7 1 22.0 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.68   0.1
1928 30 CLE AL 3B 56 56 476.3 51 94 7 4 .954 2.74   2.5
    2B 24 10 107.7 33 49 1 10 .988 6.85   0.5
    LF 11 9 80.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.23   0.3
    RF 10 6 60.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.25    
1929 31 NYA AL 2B 132 128 1140.0 308 507 25 103 .970 6.43   4.3
    3B 3 0 17.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.1
    RF 1 0 7.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.52   0.0
  LF 553 521 4639.3 966 17 31 9 .969 1.91   10.8
  2B 288 220 2064.0 620 958 42 204 .974 6.88   8.1
  RF 183 153 1413.6 294 7 15 4 .953 1.92   1.7
  3B 102 65 649.0 64 139 8 9 .962 2.82   3.3
Career Totals   1126 959 8765.9 1944 1121 96 226 .970 3.15   23.9
Career Highs   144 134 1193.3 312 510 25 103 .979 6.35    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1921-3-.348
1924-6-.327
1925-7-.324
CAR-50-.303
 On-Base Pct
1921-1-.409
1924-5-.395
1925-5-.404
 Slugging Pct
1921-4-.487
1925-10-.470
 OPS
1921-4-.897
1924-8-.832
1925-6-.873
 XR
1921-5-96.7
 Games
1924-4-149
At-Bats
1921-7-558
 Runs
1921-9-92
 Hits
1921-3-194
 Total Bases
1921-4-272
 Singles
1921-7-129
1924-10-129
 Doubles
1921-1-55
1922-3-42
Walks
1921-4-55
1922-9-59
1925-9-68
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1921
Had first career hit on 4/13/1921, off Chief Yellowhorse (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 6/10/1921, off Dave Brown (WAS)
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1921, hitting .392 with 2 HR, 16 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Chicago (A) on 9/4/1921
Won Player of the Week award on 9/5/1921, hitting .526 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/28/1922
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,021,429 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 8/3/1925
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/10/1926 with a Broken Ribs, out for 6 weeks
9/16/1926: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $8,750,000 per year, for 5 years
Injured on 9/12/1928 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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